AGIG Stylebook: MegAGDolls and the Overall Dress

So on Tuesday I wrote that there would "be more on festival-friendly 

denim dresses for dolls in tomorrow's post!"

http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2016/04/trends-to-sew-festival-friendly-denim.html

Basically, I want to make people realize that a denim overall dress 

can be trendy and chic, and not look like it is for a 5 yr old.

And Megagdolls's dresses can help me do this.

But Wednesday came and went.

And Thursday came and went.

And Friday came and went.

This week hasn't been a barrel of laughs, 

so we didn't have a lot of time to play on the blog, haha.

But here I am, back again!

So first I wanted to start with a shoutout for Instagram's megagdolls!

https://www.instagram.com/megagdolls/

She takes amazing pictures, has a ton of unique dolls, wonderful doll room set-ups, and so much beautiful doll clothing it kinda makes me tear up.

It's a very inspirational account that makes me want to be 

more creative with my collection every time I visit her feed.

(And it makes me want to be her friend,

but not in like a creepy stalker way...I swear....) ;-)

So check out her IG account today!

She has Scream Queens custom dolls.

And a Melanie Martinez custom doll.

And a Cat Valentine doll.

And she makes a lot of her own clothing.

She also sells some items on Etsy.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/megagdolls

As of me writing this, there are currently 7 items listed in her shop!

She makes a limited number of each item, and sometimes only one.

Also, her items are very affordable, so you could easily 

get a whole new wardrobe for your dolls without breaking the bank.

So if you like something, buy it asap!

Continuing onto the second part of this post.....

In the above pics, you may have noticed this dress:

Which is a beautiful version of an overall dress 

that isn't the traditional blue denim.

It is paired with the mock turtleneck, long-sleeve 

white shirt we often see with this style of dress on humans.

Hopefully it inspires y'alls to think beyond denim. :-)

But megagdolls also made a couple styles of denim overall dresses:

I prefer the styling of the second one, 

and we bought one of them for our collection.

We haven't taken pictures yet though because we are useless.

Surprise, surprise...(not really).

If you have an overall dress like these 

(not necessarily a megagdolls one) 

and have some pics 

of your dolls in it 

we did ask on Instagram that you tag it with @thedollwardrobeblog 

(right on the pic, like you are tagging a person's face, haha)

so that we could use the pic here on the blog

in a future post.

So please do that!!!!

We want to do a sort of round-up of doll dresses like this.

Will I end up dedicating the rest of April to overall dresses????

Gosh I don't mean to...but I might by accident.... ;-)

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Trends to Sew: Festival-Friendly Denim Dress

So after yesterday's post on #festivaldolls2016...

http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2016/04/trends-to-sew-instagram.html

You might be looking for specific ideas of what festival fashion is.

I am classifying this series under Trends to Sew, 

but it is also a style guide I guess, haha.

(For those who want to dress their dolls in Festival Styles.)

First off, see this Glamour article for inspo:

http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/fashion/shopping/2015/02/festival-fashion-2015-inspiration-and-style-ideas

The link says 2015, but the article is for 2016.

(It's festival time - everyone gets a bit air-headed....)

One of the repeats on their list is a denim dress.

Glamour recommends this denim lace-up dress:

(Lace-up necklines are also currently very popular.)

This design is from Warehouse:

http://warehouse.andotherbrands.com/

Which I think it is already sold out.

But I also think it would look a bit too boxy on the dolls.

It's beautiful, but I think it could easily look like 

the housecoat that your nan wears outside to get the newspaper in the mornings

because of the weight of the denim fabric.

Unless it's possible to make this out of like...jegging fabric...

But I digress.

I would recommend something like this instead:

http://warehouse.andotherbrands.com/db-button-shift-dress

The key to this design (and the one above) - in my opinion - is the deep blue color.

It really makes an impact.

"This sleeveless denim shift dress features a round neckline, 

two front pockets and button detailing on the front."

This dress is great for layering - a key feature of festival fashion.

And it easily transfers over into other parts of your wardrobe.

You might be thinking it doesn't look hippie 

enough for the festivals -- but really festival attire 

does not always have to be covered in florals and fringe.

Another great brand to look at for denim dresses is New Look.

http://www.newlook.com/

There you'll literally drown in a sea of denim dress ideas.

And this is one that Glamour also recommended:

And there are also these:

In British these are pinafore dresses.

Because jumpers are sweaters.

Not dresses.

Despite the fact that here in the USA we might call these jumper dresses.

Just to confuse you.

But if you are searching at an UK brand site -- try pinafore. ;-)

(While zee Americanos might use "overall dress,"

 the Brits don't always go by that either.)

If New Look styles aren't enough, pop on over to Miss Selfridge

http://us.missselfridge.com/

For some unique denim looks.

Alrighty then, that's all for now.

But they'll be more on festival-friendly 

denim dresses for dolls in tomorrow's post!

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Stay tuned!!!

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